Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Ramanuja's Gita Bhashyam - Chapter 2 - sloka 21


The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda translation of Sri Ramanuja Gita Bhashya, published by Ramakrishna Mission.

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 21

Veda avinashinam nityam yah enam ajam avyayam I
Katham sah purushah partha  kam ghatayati  hanti kam II Sloka 21
वेद अविनाशिनं नित्यं यः एनं अजं अव्ययं ।
कथं सः पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कं ।। श्लोक २१ 

He who knows this self to be indestructible, 
unborn,
 
 unchanging and hence eternal,   how and whom O Arjuna, can he cause to be killed, and whom does he kill.


He who knows the self to be eternal, as It is indestructible, unborn and changeless - how can that person be said to be t
 
he cause of death of the self, be it 
 
of the self existing in the bodies of gods or animals or immovables? Whom does he kill? The meaning is - how can he destroy any one or cause any one to slay? H
 
ow does he become an instrument for slaying? The meaning is this : the feeling of sorrow: 
 
"I cause the slaying of these selves, I slay these" has its basis solely in ignorance about the true nature of self. 

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